John L. Baer papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John L. Baer
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by John L. Baer
Scope and Content
Collection of documents: relating to the Baer family from Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; among them a list of items taken by the family leaving Germany; vaccination certificates; copy of a letter asking to release Berthold Baer (donor's father) from the Buchenwald concentration camp; Photographs: depicting Werner Simon (donor's maternal uncle), his wife Ruth, and son Dan, and maternal grandmother Clara Simon; only Clara Simon survived Theresienstadt camp; manuscript of the book "A Grateful Refugee" written by the donor.
Corporate Bodies
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Photographs.
- Document
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